#A8A733#A8A733

#A8A733 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.134 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A733
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 51)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 69.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.67, -13.79, 57.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.67, 58.68, 103.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.0435 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.134 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5658, 36.2022, 8.5090)
Luminance	0.3620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A733 #3334A8

analogous

#A86C33 #A8A733 #6EA833

triadic

#A8A733 #33A8A7 #A733A8

tetradic

#A8A733 #33A86C #3334A8 #A8336E

square

#A8A733 #33A86C #3334A8 #A8336E

split-complementary

#A8A733 #336EA8 #6C33A8

monochromatic

#4A4A16 #797825 #A8A733 #C9C84F #D8D77E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A8A733 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#A8A733 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A733

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A733	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A733	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A020

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a733;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.134 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c072',
    500: '#a8a733',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a733;
$custom-light: #c5c072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a733",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.487,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70797,
    "c": 0.13435,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A733

secondary

#7677C1

accent

#4CDD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A733

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →